"Vikings," the term is given to a race of Scandinavian people who raided and settled in large areas of eastern and Western Europe during a period of Scandinavian expansion from about 800 to 1100. The term came from an old English word "wic", which is a derivation from a Latin wor...

A young boy is sent to Buliwyf and his men, to ask for help from Hrothgar, king of the Northmen, against the Wendols. The Wendols were committing a crime against the Northmen, killing many of the townspeople, then gnawing on their dead bodies. As defined in The Art of being Human, the Wendols wer...

The 13th Warrior Ahmed Ibn Fadlan is an Arab courtier who is sent to the barbaric north because he was seduced by a merchant's wife and was sent on an errand by the Caliph as a punishment. Soon, the Arab leaves the City of Peace and starts his travels to the city of Yiltawar. Soon, though, Ibn ...

When I imagine the romantically ideal version of creative writers in the world, I envision people mildly eccentric yet enlightened, getting by on ability alone. The moment they set pen to paper, their vitality as artists is recognized, unfettered by practical pressures imposed on them by their soc...